We return to the Grey Man’s traditional black and white after last week’s color experiment. I want to thank everyone who commented on that over the last week. I really do appreciate everyone’s input. I think the blended consensus was that the grey man is best in B&W, and that color should be used somewhere […]

My family was walking along this path in the Mohonk Mountain House grounds when we saw two small groups ahead of us being very quiet and looking off to the left of the path. So we naturally did the same and saw this deer making its way through the trees and bushes, stopping to nibble […]

This is sunrise over Manhattan, looking northeast, taken from Pier A in Hoboken, NJ. I arrived just a smidge late, missed my chance to grab some shots before the sun came over the skyline, and had to scramble to get this image. I saw the sun peeking over the shoulder of the Empire State Building […]

Like the image last week, this was taken handheld on the D7000 with the Nikon 18-200mm VR lens, which is not true macro but serves capably well for the purpose. I just adore the colors on these flowers. Almost no digital manipulation here except an ever so slight saturation boost and the black point slider […]

I follow a certain blogger who sometimes opens one of his posts with the question “Is this something?” What he means is that he is tempted to consider the subject of the post important and intriguing, but he is also concerned that he might be letting his own prejudices get the best of him, or […]

It may seem that the Grey Man lives in an appropriately grey-scale world, but in fact he lives in color and converts to black and white like everyone else. Sometimes the color directly in front of him makes him think, “hmm, I might have to keep this one as is.” I think most of the […]

My best guess is that this is a converted garage or small warehouse. Maybe it housed an auto repair service. In any event it’s the oddest looking Post Office I’ve seen in NYC, located on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

This is the front entrance for Coco 66, a bar/music venue on Greenpoint Avenue in Brooklyn. Judging from the pictures on their website, it seems that the inside is much more modern and hi-tech than this seedy outside would suggest. It has also closed and reopened multiple times, and at this point appears to be […]

This was taken during my family’s return day visit to Mohonk Mountain House last weekend, using the Nikon D7000 and the Nikkor 18-200 VR lens, which is not a true macro, but which has serviceable macro capabilities. I do not know the identity of the flower. Regarding the colors, I was playing with the Levels adjustment in […]

As I was setting up to shoot at St. Mary’s, I asked Msgr. Corrigan if there were any particular shots he wanted me to get. One that he asked for, and understood to be a challenge, was of this painting. The problem is that the painting is behind glass, and is is situated such that […]

In this image the Grey man is in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, so this is a good opportunity to announce that just like last year, I am leading a walk in the annual Scott Kelby World Wide Photo Walk, in Greenpoint. The date is October 13, 2012, and you can find details and sign up here. You […]

My wife and I are fans of the show NCIS ( as are many other people), and for the first couple of years that we watched it (I think we picked it up in Season 4), we were confused by one thing. The characters aften talked about “putting out a BOLO on” a suspect or […]

Back in July you might remember my family went to this resort, Mountain House and Lake, for the weekend to celebrate my 50th birthday. The weather did not cooperate and it was nearly impossible to get any good photos with all of the fog and clouds obscuring everything. However, we still had fun and my […]